Reliance electric safelight.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1910 - 1920
Materials
Metal, Glass
Measurements
220 x 152 x 105 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525139
Summary
Reliance electric safelight. The unit has a metal framework and has filters mounted on three sides. Three of the filters are red, whilst the central opening, which has a double filter slot, also has an amber filter. Inside there is a 30W Mazda bulb. Two hanging brackets allow the unit to be mounted vertically or horizontally. The top has a plate with the name 'Reliance' embossed'.
Provenance
Part of The Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986